The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-02-25
DEALIlI 8FqULlA.
VERDICT OF THE conoN El.s's J tiny
In tho Case Of james Kilo-Ycstcrdny's In.
quest Mt tho Public Duiiling-Tho Re.
suit Of tho Post Arortum Examlun.
tlon-The Witnesses Exnminod.R

Yesterday afternoon an inqueat was
held by Coroner schultze before q Jury,
for the purpose Of aacertaining officially,
by what means James Kilo came 10 his
death. This inquest was held in the gen.
eral police room, in Tho basement Of the
Public Building, ct 8 o'clock, and after
about an hours time had been consumed
in examining witnessed, tho jury rendered
verdict to the effect that tho death Of tho
deceased wau caused by reason Of hard
blowa from some sharp instrument In tho
hands Of some person or persona to tho
jury unknown. 1t will probably never be
learned who the unfortunate mans asaail.
snts were, ifindeed there we're any, for a
theory was developed ut Yesterdays in.
quiry that Kile might have been drunk
and fallen backwards, striking his head
against tho aharp corner OF some doorstep.
The jury summoned by Constable
1auchlin for this occasion consisted Of
Peter Bonenberger, Joseph Terrell. Oscar
Seeley, Peter Reilly, Louis Delbrugge,
William BYandstrop, Henry L. Richards.
Frank Aubor, William Yost, Frank Ma
loney, Charles Held and John Jahnke.
Prosecuting Attorney Jordan was present
and conducted the examination Of the
witneeaee. ta 'a.ta.s y HlE
DR.. L. D. Wilson, under whose direction
the post mortem was held, presented tho
following report: lt5T 1g IG g@
Examined the body OF James Kilo at
No. FLAG Alley a, February %; 1887, at s
o'clock p. NJ, sixteen hours after death.
In addition to the usual appearances,
there were two small abraaions, not very
recent. and Of no special Significance, one
over tho right hip, the other on the back
Of the right arm just below the shoulder.
Also partly healed wound Of the scalp O
little to the left Of the middle Of the back
part Of the head. Beneath this wound a
small portion Of the external plate Of the
skull was wanting, 1t evidently having
been Clipped or broken away by some ex.
ternal violence. On removing the upper
part OF the skull, tho internal plate at this
point was found to be perforated, the
opening being about large enough to ad-
nit an ordinary knitting needle. In the
substance Of the brain beneath the seat OF
fracture, large abscessfwas found, and at
different points anterior to this and at
varying dopthB in tho brain substance
three other small abscesees were found,
These were all situated in tho left hemi-
spere OF the brain. The whole Of the left
hemisphere WAS very much softened. All
the organs seemed TO be in a normal con-
ditlon except such changes as occur at
the moment Of death and afterwards.
Death was caused by the assesses and
these, no doubt, we're directly caused by
the violence which produced the fracture
Of the skull and the wound in the scalp.
Owen Sullivan, whose saloon at No.
1906 Jacob street, kile told his wife, was
the one in which he stopped to get q
glass OF beer when on his way home on
the night Of January IA. when he is said
to have been assaulted, and in which
the men were seated who, he said, tried
to quarrel with him, was examined. He
did not know Kile and never heard Of his
being assaulted till he read it in the
papers. Mrs. Kile's testimony and
that Of some otherH, developed
tho fact that Kile was Of a
quarrelsome disposition at times, and had
been beaten up before. Some OF the off.
GERS told Of his having been arrested in
the past. President seeley, of the Gas
Trustees Board, said That sllamp post had
been put at the mouth OF tho alley above
sullivan's place recently, ut the request OF
citizens, who had represented the locality
as q tough one, in order to prevent just
such occurrences IS is supposed to have
happened to Kile. Nons Of the
officers, county or city, whose beats are
in that part Of the city and who we're ex-
amined, had ever heard Of any such az
sault es Kile is said to have suffered, till
they read it in the papers. MI
The case from beginning to end is, to
say the least, q strange one. It is peculiar,
II any such thing as Kile told his wife
took place did happen, that nothing was
ever heard OF it. f.